--- title: She was as fond of her husband as ever, and said she was sure that h… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She was as fond of her husband as ever, and said she was sure that he couldn’t help letting the children go; but still she was afraid beyond the world to have another child torn from her. Who acts: lady, husband, children. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lady, husband, children), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3454:13:26 # text = She was as fond of her husband as ever, and said she was sure that he couldn’t help letting the children go; but still she was afraid beyond the world to have another child torn from her. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 15 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 19 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 21 letting let VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 csubj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 go go VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 still still ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 31 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 36 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 37 det _ _ 37 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | lady | | | | | of lady's husband; fond *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | lady *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | lady | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **help** | could | husband | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **let** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go** | present | the children | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | past | lady | | | | still | beyond the world; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **have** | to-infinitive | lady *not said here* | another child | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 9 | **tear** | participle | | another child *not said here* | | | | from lady | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from she=Trajectory | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/27/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/)